Suit Filed Over Wheelchair

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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a discrimination suit against a Margate condominium association for failing to provide a special, wider parking space for a condo owner who uses a wheelchair.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, says that the Coral Gate Condominium Association and its president, Gene Ullman, discriminated against Alan Lubore, who bought a condo in the complex and was assigned a parking space near his unit.

The dispute began after Lubore asked that he be assigned a different parking space, and that the space be expanded to accommodate his wheelchair.

The condo association balked at creating a special parking space for Lubore.